Classical and Renaissance Astronomy

The Classical Period of astronomy took place when?

• Before 500 BC
• 500 BC to 1400 AD
• 1400-1650
• 1650 to present day

The Classical Period of astronomy is known for which of the following?

• Building monuments that aligned with the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars
• Observing the night sky with instruments, and using mathematics and models
• Using telescopes to peer deep into the solar system and observe other galaxies
• Building of powerful, space-based telescopes that can look back nearly to the beginning of time

It was during the Classical Period that astronomers concluded the Earth is spherical.

• True
• False

The spherical shape of the Earth was concluded by using the observations of lunar eclipses.

• True
• False

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The Earth's size was mathematically solved by using casts of shadows in two separate locations on the Summer solstice.

• True
• False

Which Classical astronomer first presented observations for Earth's spherical shape?

• Eratosthenes
• Aristotle
• Eudoxus
• Aristarchus

Which of the following Classical astronomers is responsible for calculating the circumference of Earth. 

• Eratosthenes
• Aristotle 
• Eudoxus
• Aristarchus

Relative sizes and distances from Earth to the Moon and Sun was developed by which Classical astronomer?

• Eratosthenes
• Aristotle 
• Eudoxus
• Aristarchus

Which of the following Classical astronomers first proposed a geocentric model of the universe? 

• Eratosthenes
• Aristotle 
• Eudoxus
• Aristarchus

The geocentric model of the universe has what celestial body at its center?

• Earth
• Moon
• Sun
• Polaris